A Tale of a Thousand Stars (2021)

You'll fall in love with this

Actually, I knew this was going to be an awesome and warm TV show the moment I watched the trailer. But who would have thought it would exceed my already high expectations? If you’re pondering whether to watch ATOTS, no need to ponder anymore - just start watching. I promise you won’t regret! :)
I don’t know what to start praising more - magnificent acting and the chemistry between the two main characters? The beautiful scenery where this story was placed? The story that really grabbed my heart from the very start and didn’t let go till the very end? Or the extraordinary OST that perfectly completes this unforgettable work?
I cried, I laughed and it made me feel emotions not many shows can make me feel. It brought such a warm feeling that I won’t ever forget. Definitely going to give A Tale of Thousand Stars a re-watch :)
Hoping and impatiently waiting for season 2! :)

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The place that fits you, will let you grow

I remember waiting for years, for this drama to air. I still remember, a lot of censorship issues happened in Thailand for it. I was praying for years for it not be cancelled, and finally it aired this year. From episode one to episode 10, it's so freaking beautiful. My favorite scene is the kite flying scene. It was soooo freaking beautiful, that I almost teared up. haha.

Also the location of this drama is so magical. I don't know how to describe it, everything is just tooo beautiful. The ending is so good. My favorite line - "The place that fits you, will let you grow"

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"You are the star that falls to me"

A heartwarming story that not only focuses on love romance between two people but also serves all types of love (romantic, friendship, family), it is about finding one's self value in the world, our purpose of living, the search for knowing self-worth, and the quest to be a part of a community that connects you with both people and nature. It is indeed a masterpiece storytelling of Tian's journey on how he found the true meaning of happiness in life.

I can't believe that Mix is a rookie actor, he is so good on portraying his role. Pure talent. I love him! And of course, Earth also gives us another loveable and well build character, he is so good on his acting. Earth even manages to delivered the small details that plays a vital role in the concept of the story. Both of them and the rest of the cast is such a good set of actors, no doubt! Convincing and natural acting without a single cringe moment.

The story is very fresh coming from a Thai BL Drama. It's been a while since the last time I've feel so much connection to a show. Someone pointed out that it should be "A Tale of Thousand Stares" instead of "Stars" hahaha omg yeah, I definitely agree. The couple staring at each other is enough to make your heart scream, all they have to do is to look on each other with their cute and flirtatious eyes, and the world is shaking and massively sends us butterflies. Chief Phupha and Tian chemistry is on that kind of level. Besides, I really love Chief Pha's jealous expression, he's the cutest.

Every episode is wholesome! From beginning till the end, it was obviously well written and executed. It was worth the long wait. Every little details in this drama works, from the acting, dialogues, scenes, plot, everything!

One of my fave scene in the early episode of the series was their sleeping scene, it is so pure and soft. There's no sex involved, just Phupha wanting to know more about Tian and vice versa.

Another memorable episode is when Tian talks about his feeling to his best friend. The use of words is straight to the point yet effective, probably the best way to discuss that love isn't all about gender. Also, I am happy that there are no too much issue about his parents regarding Tian's sexuality.

Most importantly, I am super-duper touched and cried for how the villagers slowly welcome Tian to be part of their community, not just an ordinary teacher but a member of their large family. From this episode, Tian finally able to have a place he considers his home.

Every episode also sustains us real life lessons. The statement presented in the end of each episode is very warm and pleasing to feel. Again, aside from "A Tale of Thousand Stares," this should also be renamed as "A Tale of Thousand Tears." Starting in the episode 8 where Tian told about Torfun's death and her heart, everything next to it was just me and my tears. At once, I hated Phupha for letting Tian took all the blame and has the audacity to be angry on Tian's lie, wherein the first place he's the one started to lied by keeping the information about Torfun's death to everyone aside from his colleague. I can't take seeing baby Tian in pain, he miraculously survives every reckless and unexpected scenario he encounters despite having a heart transplant few months ago, yet he was misunderstood by those he considers as his family. Tian, you deserve all the love in the world but please don't keep me worrying about your health haha.

On the other hand, the antagonist of the show is the man conducting an illegal logging and all sorts of illegal activities he wants to do. I must say that this is also a well tackled realistic issue that often happened at rural places. The bad market monopoly and those who have enough power to do bad things, these matters plays some significant ideals on how things works in real life. Also, Tian's change of career is relatable; always think harder for the careers you must pursue. As much as possible, it must be connected with your own dream and passion with the mindset of being practical in the making too.

Goodbyes are always meant to be happened, sooner or later, but I am so grateful that I've become one of those who finishes this masterpiece drama. I love this show and I'm contented of not having a second season because the ending is good enough. Also because, if season 2 happened, the possibility of ruining the first season may appear. I'm just hoping for another EarthMix project!

OMG. I write too much hahaha. Lastly, the OST and other music in the series is so beautiful, perfect for such a work of art drama.

A Tale of Thousand Stars allow us to understand that finding a place that fits you, must be a help for you to grow and achieve living in happiness.

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ONE OF THE BEST THAI DRAMAS THAT I HAVE SEEN THIS YEAR

April 7, 2021

This drama is well written!! Phenomenal and fantastic is what to describe this drama. The plot will touch the viewers along with the scenery. When I first saw the trailer, it reminded me of Descendants of the Sun especially since it is very similar in terms of the setting. A "remote" area with military and missionaries.

The two male leads' chemistry is undeniably off the charts. I am so happy that there was no unnecessary draggy drama between them. The writers literally gave me diabetes in the last episode cause it is so sweet and steamy. Especially the scene where the other guy knocked on their house since "it was shaking". HEHEHEHEHEHE

Also, I am so happy that there is no super loud background music. I really hate that especially in other dramas, it is such a big turn-off for me when I am watching. So I am happy that this Thai drama did not follow that route.

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Find your soulmate in the mountains of Thailand

Foundational Romance Trope? Fated mates

Some of us have been waiting for this series for a really long time now. The fact that it had so many production issues made me nervous going in. However, I really loved the story. I found the chemistry with the leads uncertain at first. Hard to pin down why, but I keep having this issue with Earth. In the end, I got over it (or they did).

Formerly known as Tale of Thousand Stars (the title change was a good call). It neatly avoid GMMTV’s previous BL’s (Tonton Chonlatee, My Gear & Your Gown) ending issues. And though it was slow to find its stride, this show probably has one of the most romantic endings ever filmed in BL.

On the whole it leaned hard on classic romance (rather than yaoi) tropes which resulted in a mature, sweet, charming, smart series with a FANtASTIC finale. Tonally it was a lot more like, oh I don’t know, Love O2O meets The Notebook only gay. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would at the start, but was it BL? Probably not. Who cares though.

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The best series I ever seen

Hello everyone,
I am weibo . This series is one of the best thing happens in my life. Every thing was perfect and satisfied. From stating to end I enjoy every episode. The series teaches me the love of understanding and respect. If you haven’t watched it yet then what are you waiting for. The chemistry between two lead was perfectly shown. You don’t have to say I love you by words, but can feel by actions. I am very thankful to gmmtv for making such great series. This series is full of satisfying play. Leads acting was too good and real. The cuteness of leads melt my heart . After the untamed this is something I love the most in bl drama. If I started to explain my review about this series then I think I can’t explain perfectly because i have so many things to say and don’t know how too start it. I highly recommend this series to bl fan. If you don’t love it then change my name. It’s too lovely and feel proud to watch this series. Again thank you for making this series gmmtv and production crew of tale of 1000 stars. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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One of the best series I've ever watched.

Not only the best BL drama, this is one of the best drama for me. The messages about slice of life hit me hard, specifically to know and value your life and yourself. The romance might not display a lot of skinship, but Phupha and Tian's eyes tell us all. It is all about sincere, pure, true love without any hurry. Both took their times to know each other, to acknowledge each other's presence and personality. There is no significant villain or third person that hinder their relationship, only reality is. The overall story is just.. real. I highly recommend this series to anyone, not just BL series lovers.

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A lovely touching story ...

Wow what can i even say about this show, it was truly an amazing and touching story, with really exceptions actors who matched well, and portrayed they role really well.

Tale of a thousand 1000 stars is one of the best shows that I have watched so far, the cinematography, acting, music literally everything was perfection.

The storyline is so unique in the BL world. It's a game changer from the usual university-themed Y series we used to see in this genre. The ending was good. My eyes are sheading tears while smiling, What I love the most in this series is how they showed the contrast among social classes, and making the viewers learn how to value their lives. Showing the difference between people in the higher and lower class of the society results to realizations and understanding among its members. A rich boy realizing how happy living in a simple life in the village; however, if villagers have their choice will they choose to stay where they are? -- it's reality vs. practicality question.

Their acting is so natural and effective, the emotions was delivered properly, Meanwhile, I don't think anyone is more fit for the character of Phupha rather than Earth. Earth's expressive eyes and effective line delivery is what he made me impressed. Tian and phupha had so much chemistry and tension you couldn't even deal if you tried. The side characters were also well played and worked well together, and came across with there own emotions and showed there feelings. I can not in all honesty say that there was any bad acting, I mean even the kids played there role really well.

Overall: This is a really good dam drama, and is well worth watching again, if not just too see Earth shirtless, but everything about this drama was well thought through and well excuted!!!

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Very lovely!

Very clean and lovely BL.

So, lets’ start with the most obvious thing, there is no sex or kissing. The BL is very lovely and pure. The story is something different from the usual love story (high school, or enemy turns to loved one). Furthermore, the episodes are 45min (something that I really loved).

The entire story really makes you think as well about your own life and what you want to do with it. Do you have a true purpose or just going with the flow?

I really recommend this BL if you are looking for a change from the typical stories. The best part is the end. It really ended in a very lovely way!

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The best BL Series for me

I love the storytelling of A Tale of Thousand Stars. Aside from the great chemistry of EarthMix, it has so much feelings of it such as the ambiance of the place, the villagers involved, the kids who were cute and the protector of the village. EarthMix really stand out on this series and they delivered there roles which exceeded my expectation. I'm still having a Separation Anxiety because of this series. Hope they will release a Special Episode and another BL Series of EarthMix. A Tale of Thousand Stars so far is the Best BL Series for me, so for those who don't watch it, you really missed something big.

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Originality at Best

What can I say? The music, the acting, the setting, everything about this series was just fantastic.

For being a rookie actor and his first project, Mix definitely outdid himself. GMM definitely has a penchant for finding new rookie actors for projects that do amazingly well for their first time acting. Earth as well as other veteran actors were amazing as well. Earth definitely shone in this series. Like Aof said, he was definitely made for this role.

The story is so original. Not a typical school setting/slice of life story, but an actual interesting and original plotline though there may have been some cliché moments like misunderstanding at certain points. Which, by the way, were solved relatively fast.

The setting and film location was beautiful and we can see how much work the cast and staff put into making everything so believable. I applaud every single cast and crew member for their outstanding work!

The music! THE MUSIC! Every single time that I've listened to any version of 1000 Stars I always get emotional. Probably one of the best OSTs (IMO) for any series amongst others.

If I could go back and watch this series brand new again; I definitely would. This is a standard I wish GMM will continue producing in the future. Something amazing and original!

Definitely recommend for any who are unsure!

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